WTFO? Sounds pretty plausible to me. I could never figure out how such a ban could in any way be constitutional. I do not think anyone has a right to prevent two people from entering a legal contract which is what a civil marriage is. There is really nothing biblical about a civil marriage. Just because some people put all this religious significance on it does not make it a religious event. People of "FAITH" who follow their religion should have no problem with civil marriage between consenting adults. However, it seems as though even if we are religious and righteous, as humans, we have an awful time living up to religious standards set for any religion. So we should not cast the first stone lest it come back to haunt us!
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Oh, dear. I really SHOULDN'T get started on this.
ReplyDeleteI, quite literally, just left a comment on another's blog saying that, in effect, we really need to figure out this whole "separation of church and state" thing right quick, and that the church needs to figure out that it HAS to work both ways; just as the church doesn't want state interference in its affairs, so too should it expect to NOT influence matters of state.
I think the problem we run into is that "marriage" HAS, for better or worse (like how I slipped that in there?) taken on a distinctly religious connotation for many, many people. Those people have trouble separating the religious aspects of marriage from the civil. People who enter into religious marriage do so with an agreement to abide by the particular rules of whatever flavor of religion they're practicing. People who enter into civil marriage do so for the legal protections and rights it affords.
It's not entirely analogous, but I often think of the bumper sticker I've seen around when I think of this issue - "don't like abortion? Don't have one." The gay marriage issue isn't about money or morals; it's about high-minded people thinking it's their God-given right to tell others how to live. Just like in the church and state example I gave above, I can pretty much guarantee that the people doing the telling wouldn't like it much if the orders were coming at them.